Fish holders



A. L. SCHULS' June 23, 1959 FISH HOLDERS Original Filed Sept. 2, 1954INVENTOR #74415 lEE SC/404.5

ATTOEA/EY United States Patent 2,891,275 FISH HOLDERS Allie L. Schuls,South Milwaukee, Wis.

Substituted for abandoned application Serial No. 453,728, September 2,1954. This application January 19, 1959, Serial No. 788,027

1 Claim. (Cl. 17-8) This application is a substitute application for myapplication Serial No. 453,728, filed September 2, 1954, now abandoned.

This invention relates to improvements in fish holders, and moreparticularly to a novel fish holder of the clamp ing type.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the type which willinclude a means for impaling a fish to be cleaned and clamping means forretaining said fish on the impaling element.

Another object of the invention is to provide clamping means on a deviceof the type which will be kept engaged by a plurality of springs.Similar devices of the type now in use require constant hand pressure ofthe user to maintain the clamping means in engagement.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,in which:

Fig. 1 is a plan View of a fish holder embodying the invention with partof the slotted point and the central tubular portion broken away.

Fig. 2 is an edge view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view taken on line 3-3 of Fig. l. r

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device with a fish held thereon.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral refers to anelongated rod having a handle eye 11 at one end thereof and a slottedpoint 12 at the other. The rod 10 has oppositely disposed racks 13 and14, one of which may be engaged by the stop 15 which is urgedthereagainst by the coil spring 16. A frame 17 includes the centraltubular portion 18 having an end plate 19, the pivot arms 20 and 21, andthe sleeve members 22 and 23, housing, respectively, the coil springs 24and 25, which latter engage with their outer end and the studs 26 and 27on the handle members 28 and 29. The arms 30 and 31 are integrallyformed with the handles 28 and 29 and are pivoted at 32 and 33 to thepivot arms 20 and 21. The handle members 28 and 29 terminate in opposedjaws 34 and 35, each of which has a V-shaped separation as at 36 to formtwo points 37 and 38.

The slot at 39 of the rod point 12 may be engaged on a fish line and thepoint moved down interiorly of a fish to release the fish hook.

In use, the rod point 12 is passed down through the mouth of the fishand the frame 17 is adjusted manually to a point on the rod where thejaws 34 and 35 will catch the fish adjacent the head in an appropriateposition for retention thereof. The relative adjustment of the frame androd is accomplished by rotating the rod on its axis to disengage therack and detent. The coil springs 24 and 25 will maintain the jaws 34and 35 with a gripping tension.

It will be understood that the device is capable of many modificationsin structure and design, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention, within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed and desired to besecured by Letters Patent of the United States, is:

A fish holder including a relatively short tubular frame element, anarcuate face plate surrounding one open end thereof, an elongated rodfor impaling a fish to be cleaned longitudinally movable through saidframe element and rotatable on a longitudinal axis therein, a pair ofracks disposed oppositely longitudinally on said rod, a spring detentnotched to engage either of said racks movable at right angles to therod, a pair of oppositely disposed pivot arms on said frame, a pair ofelongated arms pivoted thereto each comprised of a handle at one end, aninturned notched jaw on the other end of each elongated arm, wherebycompression of the handles will spread said jaws, and spring means onthe frame for urging said jaws together to retain the head of a fishimpaled on said rod against said face plate.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS2,015,262 Flagg et a1 Sept. 24, 1935 2,298,580 Miron Oct. 13, 19422,603,8 9 Siskoli July 22, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS 45,794 Sweden Sept. 20,1919

